predetermined

Determined in advance.

Adjective

  1. Determined in advance.
    • When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could...

Origin

From pre- + determined.

Synonyms

foredetermined preplanned preidentified fixed designated predesignated as is

Derived

nonpredetermined predeterminedly predeterminedness unpredetermined

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of predetermine

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.